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Your Body Is a Revolution

Healing Our Relationships with Our Bodies, Each Other, and the Earth

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Too many of us are living disconnected from our bodies, chasing a constantly moving target of "ideal," and accepting the societal narrative about which bodies are deserving of safety and protection. In an effort to keep ourselves safe, we shame, push aside, and assimilate parts of ourselves that don't align with the cultural norm. In turn, we are disconnected from our bodies and therefore from our humanity, losing sight of the true nature of who we are and who we were born to be.

Your Body Is a Revolution is an invitation to reclaim what has been stolen from us, to embrace the wisdom our bodies long to share, and to fully inhabit our lives—perhaps for the first time. Embodiment coach Tara Teng helps us untangle ourselves from centuries of body-based oppression built into our societal systems or masquerading as religion and teaches us to slow down and listen to the wisdom that comes through somatic practices. When we embrace right relationship with our bodies, we also come into right relationship with all things: ourselves, each other, the earth, and our spirituality.

Book your ticket home: home to your body. Take back what society says is too much, too loud, too feminine, too masculine, too gay, too worldly, too unique to fit into the restrictive mold built by patriarchy, colonization, and white supremacy. Come back home to the place you were always searching for. Here, your whole self is welcome.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 6, 2023
      In this inspiring debut, Teng, a former Miss Canada, recounts her quest to reconnect with her body and aims to help readers do the same. Teng describes a dissociation from her body that began in childhood and was reinforced by a ballet culture that prized thinness and church sermons that demonized carnal desires. Pressures to adhere to social and physical standards increased when she began competing in pageants as a young adult, and persisted later in her marriage. But after divorce upended her life, Teng set out to reclaim “the relationship with my body that I had once known.” Drawing on her experience as a somatic therapy practitioner, Teng explains how bodies store trauma through conditioned nervous system responses to stressful events (i.e., fight, flight, freeze, or fawn), and recommends processing these memories through meditation or journaling. Elsewhere she discusses “tracking,” which helps one discern how different physical sensations (muscle tightness, tingling)offer insight into emotions. As well, Teng identifies the ways religion promotes bodily shame, and how patriarchy and racism cause physical fear responses. Teng skillfully mines her experiences as a former pageant queen, a biracial woman, and a Christian to dissect the complicated ways body shame appears in society, and avoids simplified takeaways. Teng’s passion will motivate readers on the path to bodily acceptance.

    • Library Journal

      April 1, 2023

      Teng, an embodiment coach and somatic practitioner, offers a guide to exploring one's relationship to their body in this insightful book. In order to unpack shame, Teng helps readers consider how trauma is stored in the body. She provides an understanding of the larger systems, such as capitalism and patriarchy, that perpetuate what she refers to as body-based oppression. She offers readers a perspective that links justice and embodiment by emphasizing the interconnectedness of humans, the earth, and institutions. Teng also draws on personal experiences, including her religious upbringing, her role as Miss Canada, and her advocacy work for survivors of human trafficking. This adds depth and relatability to the societal structures that she asks the reader to interrogate. Teng's warm, empathetic writing makes complex topics approachable to readers who may be new to these conversations. Each chapter concludes with reflective questions and an invitation, such as journaling or movement meditations, to put Teng's guidance into practice. VERDICT Readers searching for a community-minded self-help title will enjoy this book, a refreshing, compassionate addition to the health and wellness space.--Kate Bellody

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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